Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-25

now be carried on rapidly and should
be productive of much good. The in
PRODUCTION OF foreign fruits offers the
most speedy returns to the farmers,
and to the improvement by cross.fer-
tilizstion there is no limit. IL every
locality finds one frst,class winter
apple perfectly suited to it, the nation
would be reoaid for it's liberal expert
mental fund.
Another need ofexperiment through
out the prairie and plain regions
is to find forest trees best suit
ed for each locality, soil and use. In
this line there is no doubt whatever
but that the work already begun of
introducing willows, poplars and ma
pies, nut-bearlng trees, ETC., from the
old content, will be pr oductive of
much good. There is q cknowledged
to be g decided increase of rainfall
(more accurately speaking, g. more
even distribution of the annual rain
fall) following the western tide of emf
grafton across the prairies and plains.
AT best the climate of these parts will
be variable and subject to drouths,
and the Importance OF using all avail
able means to modify cannot be esti-
mated. Ii trees which are adapted to
the soil and climate are introduced,
and farmers taught how to plant
them, people will take more interest
and more trees will be planted than If
trees unsuited to the locality are set
out. Sufficient money should be used
to determine trees best suited to each
locality.
Experiments with small fruits, fun
gus diseases Of fruits, insect enemies
OF fruits, ETC., etc., can be carried for
ward with great promise of returns
to the nation. With so many lines of
work which are Of such practical i'm
pOrtance, the experimental fund can
hardly fail to be productive of much
good.-Prairie Farmer.
Raising Turkeys.
Turkeys are domestic animals and
the first thing necessary in successfully
raising them is to keep them tame and
domestic, which can easily be done.
Turkeys should not be set too early,
as young turkeys are very tender. 1t
is good plan to set turkey eggs under
chicken hens and leave the hen turkeys
to lay another litter of eggs. Set two or
three hens at time, as they will not
probably hatch more turkeys than
one hen can care for, when the others
can be set again. So soon as the
young broods are old enough to take
from the nest have good, warm,
roomy coop which will hold the mo-
Their, but allow the young ones to run
out In the sun to exercise. But the
yard should have neither weeds nor
tall grass IN it, as getting wet in this
way is very injurious. When the tur-
keys are taken from the nest grease
each one on the top of the head and
the mother on the head and breast
and under her wings. Hen lice are al
most fatal to young turkeys. The
greatest mistake which turkey raisers
make land it is q very general one) is
to feed them with raw corn meal
dough. 1t is almost sure death to
turkeys and is frequently fatal to
young chickens. The food for young
turkeys should be the scraps of bread
from the table, soaked in sour milk
and sour milk made into curd, or
corn bread, shorts or bran cooked for
the purpose, without sitting. The
bread should be sailed as for table
use, and in cool or damp weather
there should be a liberal eprinkling of
black pepper in the bread. The young
turkeys should not be allowed to run
at large until they are about as large
as chicken broilers. When they are
large enough to eat it, whole corn can
be given, especially for the evening
meal. Wheat screenings, which can
frequently be had on the farm is a
good feed once day.
Meny persons complain of their
turkeys straying, and are thereby
lost. This will seldom be the case, #
they are regularly fed every night, so
long as they live. And it should be
at a precise time in the evening, as all
animals are good time keepers, and
they will come up for their daily meal
if they are sure of getting it. They
should also be taught to come by call,
and kindly talked to when they come
lover frighten Or abuse them, nor al
New the young ones to run among
greedy sows. Turkeys when treated
right are easily and safely raised at
good proft.-IoWa State Register.